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Management & Leadership · Updated Aug 2026

Security Managers

Direct an organization's security functions, including physical security and safety of employees and facilities.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
66/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
53/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property.High
68
Supervise or provide leadership to subordinate security professionals, performing activities such as hiring, investigating applicants' backgrounds, training, assigning work, evaluating performance, or disciplining.High
70
Communicate security status, updates, and actual or potential problems, using established protocols.Medium
73
Develop, recommend, or manage security procedures for operations or processes, such as security call centers, access control, and reporting tools.High
70
Write or review security-related documents, such as incident reports, proposals, and tactical or strategic initiatives.Medium
70
Analyze and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement through auditing, review, or assessment.High
68
Direct or participate in emergency management and contingency planning.High
69
Coordinate security operations or activities with public law enforcement, fire and other agencies.Medium
71
Respond to medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, or intrusion alarms, following emergency response procedures.High
71
Conduct physical examinations of property to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations.High
75
Assess risks to mitigate potential consequences of incidents and develop a plan to respond to incidents.High
70
Train subordinate security professionals or other organization members in security rules and procedures.Medium
73
Prepare reports or make presentations on internal investigations, losses, or violations of regulations, policies and procedures.Medium
74
Develop or manage investigation programs, including collection and preservation of video and notes of surveillance processes or investigative interviews.Medium
68
Create or implement security standards, policies, and procedures.High
73
Monitor security policies, programs or procedures to ensure compliance with internal security policies, or applicable government security requirements, policies, and directives.Medium
37
Develop, implement, manage, or evaluate policies and methods to protect personnel against harassment, threats, or violence.High
71
Conduct threat or vulnerability analyses to determine probable frequency, criticality, consequence, or severity of natural or man-made disasters or criminal activity on the organization's profitability or delivery of products or services.High
71
Review financial reports to ensure efficiency and quality of security operations.Medium
73
Support efforts to reduce substance abuse or other illegal activities in the workplace.Medium
75
Purchase security-related supplies, equipment, or technology.Medium
71
Attend meetings, professional seminars, or conferences to keep abreast of changes in executive legislative directives or new technologies impacting security operations.Medium
16
Develop, arrange for, perform, or assess executive protection activities to reduce security risks.Medium
23
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Conduct physical examinations of property to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations.75
  2. Support efforts to reduce substance abuse or other illegal activities in the workplace.75
  3. Prepare reports or make presentations on internal investigations, losses, or violations of regulations, policies and procedures.74
  4. Communicate security status, updates, and actual or potential problems, using established protocols.73
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Attend meetings, professional seminars, or conferences to keep abreast of changes in executive legislative directives or new technologies impacting security operations.01
  2. Develop, arrange for, perform, or assess executive protection activities to reduce security risks.02
  3. Monitor security policies, programs or procedures to ensure compliance with internal security policies, or applicable government security requirements, policies, and directives.03
  4. Respond to medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, or intrusion alarms, following emergency response procedures.04
  5. Plan, direct, or coordinate security activities to safeguard company employees, guests, or others on company property.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency76
Physical dependency42
Adoption pressure59
Labour-market resilience66
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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